If an alternative_ftr_set_subn value contains whitespace it won't work properly because the code that processes those values looks for this regular expression:
vadr.pm::vdr_FeatureInfoValidateAndConvertAlternativeFeatureSetSubstitution()
line 944:
if($subn_val =~ /^(\S+)\.(\d+)$/) { # e.g. "attachment(cds).2"
Fix could be to either validate that these values do not have whitespace and exit with informative error message if they do, or allow whitespace.